Empire's Scores
- Movies
- TV
For 6,820 reviews, this publication has graded:
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54% higher than the average critic
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3% same as the average critic
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43% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 0.8 points higher than other critics.
(0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 66
| Highest review score: | Oppenheimer | |
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| Lowest review score: | Superman IV: The Quest for Peace |
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3,008 out of 6820
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Mixed: 3,654 out of 6820
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Negative: 158 out of 6820
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Ian Freer
News Of The World is narratively slight, but it is a terrific showcase for two actors at completely different ends of their careers and a quietly emotional dispatch about two broken souls learning to heal.- Empire
- Posted Feb 5, 2021
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Ian Freer
Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé achieves total Beyhem, a riot of colour, spectacle, inventive staging, stunning vocals and gorgeous grooves. As a self-portrait, it might not delve as deep as you’d like, but it offers a thrilling lesson in what it takes to be a pop icon.- Empire
- Posted Dec 5, 2023
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The only fireworks here are of the indoor kind, but this sensitive, beautifully acted film lingers long after the final frame. And the Newfoundland locations are breathtaking.- Empire
- Posted Aug 7, 2017
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Ian Freer
Hugely affecting and perfectly played, Nowhere Special is a peach of a picture.- Empire
- Posted Apr 25, 2024
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- Posted Jul 14, 2014
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Owen Williams
We must surely now be getting close to some sort of zombie saturation point, with even the zomromcom becoming a distinct subsubgenre. On Beth’s evidence, however, there’s life in the undead yet.- Empire
- Posted Sep 29, 2014
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Chris Hewitt (1)
Butler’s best star vehicle in years, what could have been a bombastic bunch of boulders is, instead, a refreshingly clear-eyed and compelling affair. One of the best disaster movies in years.- Empire
- Posted Feb 5, 2021
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Olly Richards
The Lego Movie is bursting out of its box with enthusiasm and excitement for the possibilities of a little pile of nubby plastic.- Empire
- Posted Feb 3, 2014
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William Thomas
As with most Cassavetes' it is Rowlands who steals this show, this time expertly playing the happy housewife slowly going off the rails while Falk plays the part of her bewildered husband. At two-and-a-half hours, it could easily have dragged but with such strong performances, you're left wanting more.- Empire
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John Nugent
Sensual, surreal and seriously funny, In Fabric won’t be the right fit for all — but slip it on and you might be surprised.- Empire
- Posted Jun 24, 2019
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David Parkinson
An affecting reflection on the loneliness we will all have to face at our end, held together by Vicky Krieps's poised display of unself-pitying despair and liberating acceptance.- Empire
- Posted Jan 18, 2023
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Ian Freer
A holiday romance perfect for the dark nights with the added bonus of a flashback structure that builds genuine intrigue into the outcome. It also includes a use of Rod Stewart’s ‘Sailing’ that guarantees its place on your 2020 movie playlist.- Empire
- Posted Oct 23, 2020
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Dan Jolin
As ultraviolent as the first film, and as ultrasmutty, The Golden Circle will leave the Kingsfans grinning, even if its characters have less growing to do this time around.- Empire
- Posted Sep 18, 2017
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Dan Jolin
Psycho’s accepted greatness means we can leave it on the shelf as we look for newer sensations. This prompts an urgent desire to revisit it.- Empire
- Posted Nov 6, 2017
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Ian Freer
By no means perfect - a twist in the tale overextends its already lengthy running time - but it is terrific fun.- Empire
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Damon Wise
The dirty compañeros of the old Spaghetti West ride again in this stirring tale of hate, murder and revenge.- Empire
- Posted Apr 13, 2015
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A modern love story with a dash of Cronenberg for good measure — a brutal portrait of messy, intense long-term love. Warts, blood, bones and all.- Empire
- Posted Aug 12, 2025
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Girls meets Ocean’s Eleven, The Bling Ring might be a film for right now rather than the ages, but Sofia Coppola’s heist movie is visually arresting, well acted, capricious fun.- Empire
- Posted Jul 1, 2013
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John Nugent
Truly delightful. Wes Anderson leans into his trademark eccentricities for a trip to the desert that won’t win any converts but will keep the Anderson faithful content.- Empire
- Posted May 23, 2023
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Ian Freer
It might not feel fresh but Palo Alto feels real, honest and moving. An impressive debut by an exciting new talent.- Empire
- Posted Sep 29, 2014
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Saturday Night Live activist Murphy, capitalising on the promise he showed in "48 Hrs.," steals the show as the quick-witted Billy Ray Valentine in what is certainly more mainstream fare than the earlier SNL staffed capers.- Empire
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The sometimes dark sci-fi thriller tone is punctured nicely by Quaid's one-liners, and Capshaw is on good form. Very, very '80s, but lots of fun too.- Empire
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Ian Nathan
The world Jordan envisions is desperate, but Hoskins’s human heart offers a lovely thread of hope.- Empire
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Ian Freer
Mulan serves up the sort of classic entertainment the Magic Kingdom was built on: stunning animation, sharply defined characters, a smattering of catchy tunes all seamlessly woven into a simple, powerfully told yarn.- Empire
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John Nugent
With a committed, crazed, brilliantly calibrated performance from late-Renaissance Cage, this is a feverishly good thriller: surreal and strange and sticky.- Empire
- Posted May 12, 2025
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Dan Jolin
Beats is a truly heartfelt rites-of-passage tale — an immersive, intoxicating portrayal of the rave scene at its peak.- Empire
- Posted May 17, 2019
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Angie Errigo
Lyne's efforts to be both passionate and artistic are generally successful, although a few sex scenes are disturbing and arguably close to salacious.- Empire
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Ian Freer
An early entry into documenting Covid-19, Totally Under Control doesn’t have all the answers, but it is a vital, powerful examination of how one political administration could get something so wrong by ignoring the experts.- Empire
- Posted Oct 23, 2020
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Alex Godfrey
This charmingly odd tribute to Sorrentino’s formative years is slighter than it possibly deserves to be, but when it’s this handsome, who cares? Will have you absolutely salivating for Italy.- Empire
- Posted Dec 3, 2021
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